The Western grey kangaroo inhabits the southern region of Australia including western Victoria, southern Queensland and southern New South Wales. They can be found in wood­lands, open forests, coastal heath­land, and open grass­land areas.

They inhabit woodlands, open forests, open grassland areas and coastal heathland.

In their native country of Australia, western grey kangaroo females are known as does or fliers, the males as boomers or stinkers due to their strong, curry-like smell, and the young as joeys. Habitat Western Grey Kangaroos tend to be in the more shrubby areas and Eastern Grey Kangaroos on the grassland. It is also found on Kangaroo Island off Australia's southern coast. Typical habitat is scrub or mallee in the heart of their range in South and Western Australia. They have also been found near city areas and on golf courses. Kangaroos live in groups called mobs. West­ern grey kan­ga­roos are ca­pa­ble of using sev­eral dif­fer­ent types of habi­tats.

These kangaroos are the most vocal of the three large kangaroo species.